QuackorSnack

First Annual Awards 2026

Is Christiane Northrup
a Quack or a Snack?

Edzard ErnstSnack

Edzard Ernst

alternative-medicinecomplementary-medicineevidence-based-medicine

German-British physician and Emeritus Professor of Complementary Medicine at the University of Exeter, the first academic to hold such a chair. Published over 1,000 peer-reviewed papers evaluating alternative therapies.

David Gorski (Orac)Snack

David Gorski (Orac)

surgical-oncologyalternative-medicineanti-vaccine

Surgical oncologist and Professor of Surgery at Wayne State University with an MD and PhD. Managing editor of the Science-Based Medicine blog and writes the Respectful Insolence blog under the pseudonym Orac.

Christiane NorthrupQuack

Christiane Northrup

anti-vaccineOB-GYNDisinformation Dozen

Board-certified OB-GYN and bestselling author on women's health who gained a wide following through television appearances including on The Oprah Winfrey Show. In recent years, she has become an outspoken critic of COVID-19 vaccines and public health mandates. Was named in the Center for Countering Digital Hate's 'Disinformation Dozen' report and her medical board certification has lapsed.

Bob SearsQuack

Bob Sears

anti-vaccinepediatricianalternative vaccine schedule

California pediatrician and member of the well-known Sears parenting family who published The Vaccine Book in 2007, proposing an alternative vaccine schedule that delays and spaces out childhood immunizations. The book sold over 180,000 copies and influenced parental vaccine decisions. The American Academy of Pediatrics and CDC maintain that the standard schedule is the only one supported by clinical evidence. Was placed on medical board probation for writing a vaccine exemption letter without adequate examination.

Ann ReardonSnack

Ann Reardon

food-sciencedieteticsconsumer-safety

Australian food scientist and dietitian who runs the HowToCookThat YouTube channel. Known for testing viral food hacks and recipes, evaluating their safety and feasibility using food science principles.

How It Works

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Quacks are pseudoscientists, noctors, and science deniers whose claims have been documented and debunked. Snacks are the science communicators, educators, and researchers fighting misinformation. You decide who gets the award.

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Awards

Top 16 in each category advance to the December final round.

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